Khaled Abu Asba

Khaled Mohammed Ibrahim (1960-), also known as Abu Asba, was a Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) guerrilla and one of the perpetrators of the Coastal Road massacre of 1978.

Biography
Khalid Mohammed Ibrahim was born in Kuwait in 1960 to a family of Palestinians, and he moved back to Tulkarm in Palestine in 1967. When Fatah began distributing leaflets and newspapers, he joined the organization, and he was trained in Beirut and South Lebanon by PLO commander Khalil al-Wazir. In 1978, he was one of thirteen PLO terrorists selected to take part in a cross-border raid into northern Israel, and he was instructed not to hurt any hostages, even with a light slap on the cheek. Asba took part in the Coastal Road massacre to the north of Tel Aviv on 11 March 1978, and he was captured by the Israeli police during the operation. He was later released in a 1985 prisoner exchange alongside Hussein Fayyad, and he moved to the West Bank. In 2009, he was interviewed by Haaretz, refusing to apologize for his actions while stressing his desire for peace, his admiration for many Jews (despite his opposition to Zionism), and his opposition to Israeli settlements.